Spirit blast

The Wesleyan homecoming week officially started Feb. 22 to attract more support for the Wesleyan basketball teams at its games Feb. 27.

Coordinator of Student Activities Michael Chaney said the entire week is designed around certain themes so students, faculty and staff can show their Wesleyan spirit.

"This is the Ram-Plosion homecoming week," Chaney said, "that’s the concept we came up with in centering our ideas."

Chaney said for each day of the week, all someone has to do is dress up for the theme of the day, get their picture taken at the student life office and fill out an entry form to go along with the photo. People can also e-mail their photos to Chaney as well.

"And then at the end of the day, we’re going to go through all the pictures and determine who’s going to be the winner of the day," Chaney said.

Chaney said each winner will be announced the following day and will receive a prize for their participation.

Chaney also said the Greeks will compete to show their Wesleyan spirit by painting miniature basketballs to present at the pep rally Feb. 25.

The pep rally will be held in the Sid Richardson gym during free period and students can go and vote for their favorite ball.

Also during the pep rally, students will see performances by the cheer and dance team, the announcement of the homecoming court and a shoot off contest.

But the finale of the week will be the Ram-Plosion tailgate party at noon Feb. 27 in the SUB.

Chaney said the party will provide free food, activities, music and plenty of social interaction leading up to the men’s and women’s basketball games later that afternoon.

"If you’re not present, you’re gonna miss out," Chaney said.

Chaney said the Blu Cru will be the primary group helping with the tailgate party and a lot of the activities.

Student Government Association President Heath Scott said the tailgate party is a great opportunity for the Blu Cru to get some exposure and at the same time help out Chaney and the student life office.

"Michael wants a group of students he can count on right now to help see homecoming through," Scott said.

And Scott said the group will participate each day by dressing up for the individual themes as well.

Scott said the Blu Cru still had to finalize its game plan with Chaney, but the group will be ready by Saturday.

Chaney said he is hopeful the games will see a lot more student attendance.

"I’m hoping that we’ll see more people at this basketball game than we’ve seen at any other basketball game this year," Chaney said.

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